Sum Of The Parts [2014]

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Presented with contributions from almost all the members of Genesis, all willing to provide the honest, agenda-free perspective that the passage of time has provided, how could this BBC documentary possibly fail? And yet, as the ensuing furore from fans and band members proved, the show’s editors and producers managed to seize failure from the jaws of success, and this extended release isn’t much of an improvement. I enjoyed the biography plain and simple. I believe it was well produced but rather too short in my opinion. I felt there should have been During the 80s, a few problems with the dramatic composition start to crop up. This alone isn't all that bad since it would probably be difficult for any director to find a balance between all the solo careers and what's happening with the band. There's still barely any Steve in the documentary's 80s while Tony Banks is featured with a lot of quite poor songs. Invisible Touch is given far too much time, but the band also seems to be very focused on the success here. Finally, We Can't Dance is discussed as “the band's last transatlantic top 10 album”. Tony remarks that he somehow had that feeling of “that's it” with the last single Tell Me Why. This is followed by a jump to the 2006 band rehearsals (not 2007 as the subtitle indicates) and we're left to wonder whether the years 1993-2006 never really happened. In fact there's only a brief bit of You'll Be In My Heart and a few comments about Tony's classical projects and a few other songs from his solo career. Calling All Stations is left out entirely, even though it is a regular Genesis album and definitely interesting simply because it was created without Collins. Never mind that it managed to reach No. 2 in the German and UK album charts – both huge markets – and that the Europe tour was quite successful. The_Genesis_Archive said they provided some material early on in pre-production when, interestingly, it was intended as a documentary solely about The Lamb as part of the ongoing occasional Classic Albums series. Then it morphed into a general documentary. I found this infuriating as I'd always thought The Lamb warranted a dedicated documentary. But instead of a decent documentary focused on the one album, which would easily provide rich material for an interesting film, we got a substandard unfocused one that didn't really satisfy anyone. Not to mention that many facts were not included (such as Calling All Stations - ps. I don't care about the quality, a

I've witnessed some delightful gnashing of teeth over this documentary film. Apparently some of our Didn’t they entirely skip over one of the Genesis albums and not even mention it? Maybe Wind & Wuthering? It’s been a while since I watched it so correct me if I’m wrong. The start of the “Genesis conquers America” part is something of a weird moment. Interestingly enough, there's an interview with the band's first promoter in the US, but the images from New York are current and not from the 70s – since it says “New York 1972” this seems quite unprofessional.really do enjoy watching the guys in this band sound all stuffy and self-important, yes, even Tony.

prouder of the commercial success than the prog past. BTW he seems to be the nastiest person of the up to like 5 minutes worth of material. Pretty pathetic really. No one can possibly really learn the history of the

Bonus Material

Now, that documentary is on Blu-ray and is being called 'Genesis: Sum of the Parts'. There's nothing here you probably haven't heard before in past interviews or stories that made the news. What's really nice about it and what keeps this documentary fun is seeing the band members reunite and reminisce about the old times together. And yet, I enjoyed watching it very much. I'll probably never watch it again but it was worth the price Selected items are only available for delivery via the Royal Mail 48® service and other items are available for delivery using this service for a charge. Look, the fact is, as soon as a musician starts making records, they're in the game and they're as commercial as anyone else.